Candidula

Candidula
Two live individuals of Candidula unifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Heterobranchia
Clade:Euthyneura
Order:Panpulmonata
Clade:Eupulmonata
Clade:Stylommatophora
Informal group:Sigmurethra
Family:Hygromiidae
Genus:Candidula
Kobelt, 1871[1]
Type species
Glischrus (Helix) candidula
Studer, 1820
Diversity[2]
24 species

Candidula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Candidula include:[2]

References

  1. (in German) Kobelt W. (1871). Catalog der im europäischen Faunengebiet lebenden Binnenconchylien. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der in Rossmässler's Sammlung enthaltenen Arten. pp. I-XVI [= 1-16], 1-150. Cassel. page 22. PDF.
  2. 1 2 Welter Schultes F.(2009). "Genus summary for Candidula". AnimalBase, Accessed 14 November 2014.


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